Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2015 (Qld)

Queensland Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2015 Subordinate Legislation 2015 No. 59 made under the ElectricityAct1994 GasSupplyAct2003 Contents Part 1 1 2 Part 2 3 4 5 Part 3 6 7 8 Part 4 9 10 Page Preliminary Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Amendment of Electricity Regulation 2006 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Replacement of sch 7 (Fees payable to regulator) . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Schedule 7 Fees payable to regulator Amendment of sch 8 (Maximum fees payable to electricity entity) 4 Part 1 Meter reading and testing Part 2 Disconnection and reconnection Part 3 Temporary connections Amendment of Gas Supply Regulation 2007 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Amendment of s 51 (Annual distribution fee—Act, s 40) . . . . . . . 6 Replacement of sch 1 (Fees other than annual fees) . . . . . . . . . 6 Schedule 1 Other fees for distribution authorities Amendment of National Energy Retail Law (ConsequentialAmendments) Regulation 2014 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Omission of ss 36 and 37. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2015 Contents 11 Omission of s 54 (Replacement of sch 1 (Fees other than annual fees)) 7 Page 2 2015 SL No. 59

Part 1 Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2015 Part 1 Preliminary [s 1] Preliminary 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2015 . 2 Commencement Parts 2 and 3 commence on 1 July 2015. Part 2 Amendment of Electricity Regulation 2006 3 Regulation amended This part amends the Electricity Regulation 2006 . 4 Replacement of sch 7 (Fees payable to regulator) Schedule 7— omit, insert— Schedule 7 Fees payable to regulator section 226(1) $ 1 Application for generation authority (Act, s 179). . . . . . . . 1525.15 2 Application for transmission authority (Act, s 188) . . . . . . 1525.15 3 Application for distribution authority (Act, s 196) . . . . . . . 1525.15 4 Application for special approval (Act, s 209) . . . . . . . . . . . 445.50 2015 SL No. 59 Page 3

Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2015 Part 2 Amendment of Electricity Regulation 2006 [s 5] 5 Application for transfer of a generation authority, transmission authority, distribution authority or special approval (Act, s 184A, 193A, 201A or 212A) . . . . . . . . . . 6 Application for registration of an item of prescribed electrical equipment (s 138) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Application for approval of a change to an energy efficiency label (s 144) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Application for approval of transfer of registration of an item of prescribed electrical equipment (s 147) . . . . . . . . . 9 Inspection of the register (s 154). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Copy of 1 entry in the register (s 154) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 141.55 196.55 196.55 65.50 12.85 26.00 5 Amendment of sch 8 (Maximum fees payable to electricity entity) Schedule 8, parts 1 to 3— omit, insert— Part 1 Meter reading and testing 1 Special meter reading by Energex. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Special meter reading by Ergon Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Testing of a meter by a distribution entity . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 34.65 40.25 18.65 Part 2 Disconnection and reconnection 1 Disconnection of supply of electricity to premises. . . . . . $ nil Page 4 2015 SL No. 59

Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2015 Part 3 Amendment of Gas Supply Regulation 2007 [s 6] 2 Reconnection of supply of electricity to a customer’s (the current customer’s ) premises after disconnection at a customer’s request or under the National Energy Retail Rules, rule 119(1)(g) to (i)— (a) if the reconnection is made during ordinary business hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b) if the reconnection is made outside ordinary business hours at the current customer’s request . . . 3 Reconnection of supply of electricity to a customer’s premises other than as mentioned in item 2— (a) if the reconnection is made during ordinary business hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b) if the reconnection is made outside ordinary business hours at the customer’s request . . . . . . . . . $ nil 112.90 46.90 112.90 Part 3 Temporary connections 1 Temporary connection of a supply of electricity to a building site by Ergon Energy during ordinary business hours (single-phase or multi-phase) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Temporary connection of a supply of electricity by Energex during ordinary business hours (current transformer or no current transformer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 423.90 423.90 Part 3 Amendment of Gas Supply Regulation 2007 6 Regulation amended This part amends the Gas Supply Regulation 2007 . 2015 SL No. 59 Page 5

Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2015 Part 3 Amendment of Gas Supply Regulation 2007 [s 7] 7 Amendment of s 51 (Annual distribution fee—Act, s 40) (1) Section 51(2), ‘$669.40’— omit, insert — $692.80 (2) Section 51(3), formula, ‘55811.96’— omit, insert — 57, 765. 35 8 Replacement of sch 1 (Fees other than annual fees) Schedule 1— omit, insert— Schedule 1 Other fees for distribution authorities section 53 1 Application for distribution authority (Act, s 28) . . . . . . . 2 Application to amend distribution authority, other than to amend a condition imposed under chapter 2, part 1, division 2 of the Act or to correct a clerical or formal error (Act, s 55). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Application to renew distribution authority (Act, s 64) . . 4 Application to transfer distribution authority (Act, s 68) . 5 Application for approval of surrender of distribution authority (Act, s 73) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Late payment fee for an annual distribution fee payable under section 51, paid after the day on which payment is required under section 51(6) (Act, s 323) . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 347.25 103.95 nil 347.25 nil 103.95 Page 6 2015 SL No. 59

Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2015 Part 4 Amendment of National Energy Retail Law (Consequential Amendments) Regulation2014 [s 9] Part 4 Amendment of National Energy Retail Law (Consequential Amendments) Regulation 2014 9 Regulation amended This part amends the NationalEnergyRetailLaw(Consequential Amendments) Regulation 2014 . 10 Omission of ss 36 and 37 Sections 36 and 37— omit. Editor’s note— Legislation ultimately amended— • Electricity Regulation 2006 11 Omission of s 54 (Replacement of sch 1 (Fees other than annual fees)) Section 54— omit. Editor’s note— Legislation ultimately amended— • Gas Supply Regulation 2007 2015 SL No. 59 Page 7

Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2015 Endnotes ENDNOTES 1 Made by the Governor in Council on 25 June 2015. 2 Notified on the Queensland legislation website on 26 June 2015. 3 The administering agency is the Department of Energy and Water Supply. © State of Queensland 2015 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel Page 8 2015 SL No. 59